hi... I know this is a repeat question but have been stuck on this for 4-5 days... pls b considerate... I have been trying to print text on to a PDF/PS document using cairo..(Have attached my code below...) Am using the code from the example of pdf-surface create.. I have only substituted the arc code with text one... My code compiles & runs fine.. But the pdf doc created doesn't display any text...(its just plain white)... Where am I going wrong... Also I have to print a lot of text on the pdf (table of 6 col X 30 rows), do I have to use cairo_glyph_t ,cairo_show_glyphs() .... ?? And for printing the text onto the PDF/PS do I have to use cairo_pdf_surface_create_for <div id="mb_0">_stream ()...... pls reply I have had only one answer to my previous mail. bye rushi //basket.c /* Author: Carl D. Worth <<a href="mailto:cworth@isi.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">cworth@isi.edu</a>> */ #include <cairo.h> #include <cairo-ps.h> #include <math.h> void draw (cairo_t *cr); #define X_INCHES    8 #define Y_INCHES    3 #define FILENAME "<a href="http://basket.ps/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">basket.ps</a>" int main (void) {     cairo_surface_t *surface;     cairo_t *cr;     FILE *file;     file = fopen (FILENAME, "w");     if (file == NULL) {     fprintf (stderr, "Failed to open file %s for writing.\n", FILENAME);     return 1;     }     surface = cairo_ps_surface_create (FILENAME,                        X_INCHES * 72.0,                        Y_INCHES * 72.0);     cr = cairo_create (surface);     draw (cr);     cairo_show_page (cr);     cairo_destroy (cr);     cairo_surface_destroy(surface);     fclose (file);     return 0; } void draw (cairo_t *cr) {    cairo_select_font_face (cr, "Sans", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL,                                         CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_BOLD);    cairo_set_font_size(cr,72) ;    cairo_set_source_rgb(cr,0,0,0) ;    cairo_move_to(cr,20,100) ;    cairo_show_text(cr,"Hello world !") ; } </div>